NIKERS/TABUNS BALTIC SECURITY BALTIC SECURITY STRATEGY REPORT STRATEGY REPORT WHAT THE BALTICS CAN OFFER The Baltic Security Strategy Report provides an in-depth security review of the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. As highlighted in this FOR A STRONGER ALLIANCE important work, the Baltic States’ various national and collective strategies BALTIC SECURITY STRATEGY REPORT SECURITY STRATEGY BALTIC to address recurring regional threats since achieving statehood over a hundred years ago present notable case studies useful to contemporary Olevs Nikers and Otto Tabuns, Editors policymakers and defense planners. ­■­■­■ Scholars Olevs Nikers and Otto Tabuns based this report on a series of discussions and workshops involving key European and American experts and stakeholders engaged in Baltic regional security matters. The participating experts assessed current challenges pertaining to defense and deterrence, societal security, economic security and cyber security. In addition to exploring the security considerations of each of the three Baltic States, the workshop discussions and resulting papers collected in this report specifically examine avenues of subregional cooperation that may prove more potent than individual national effort in certain fields. Consequently, the authors provide a detailed list of recommendations on how to proceed with a more coherent, goal-oriented, and efficient regional cooperation strategy that serves to buttress the security of each of the Baltic States and the Transatlantic community more broadly. ­■­■­■ The report is a rich guide to issues and opportunities of Baltic intraregional security, and a valuable resource for policymakers, advisors, scholars and The Jamestown Foundation The defense-sector professionals on both sides of the Atlantic. $24.95 ISBN 978-0-9986660-5-1 52495 9 780998 666051 Cover design: Peggy Archambault/archdesign1.com Graphic: iStockPhoto BALTIC SECURITY STRATEGY REPORT WHAT THE BALTICS CAN OFFER FOR A STRONGER ALLIANCE __________________________________________________ Olevs Nikers and Otto Tabuns, Editors Washington, DC 2019 THE JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION Published in the United States by The Jamestown Foundation 1310 L Street NW Suite 810 Washington, DC 20005 http://www.jamestown.org Copyright © 2019 The Jamestown Foundation All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written consent. For copyright and permissions information, contact The Jamestown Foundation, 1310 L Street NW, Suite 810, Washington, DC 20005. The Baltic Security Strategy Project was made possible by funding from the Baltic-American Freedom Foundation (BAFF). For more information about BAFF scholarships and speaker support, visit www.balticamericanfreedomfoundation.org. Additional support for the Project came from The Jamestown Foundation and the Latvian Political Science Association. The views expressed in the book are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of The Jamestown Foundation or any other organization or government. For more information on this book of The Jamestown Foundation, email [email protected]. ISBN: 978-0-9986660-5-1 Cover art provided by Peggy Archambault of Peggy Archambault Design. 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Their insight contributes significantly to policymakers engaged in addressing today’s newly emerging global threats in the post 9/11 world. iii Table of Contents Preface…………………………………………………………..v Introduction…………………………………………………..viii Looking Strategically at Baltic Security Cooperation………..xvii 1. DEFENSE AND DETERRENCE…………………………….1 1.1. Expert Assessment………………………………………..1 1.2. Defense and Deterrence In-Depth Analysis……………18 1.3. Interoperability as a Matter of Survival…………………48 1.4. Legal Aspects of Defense Cooperation………………….53 1.5. Expert Recommendations………………………………64 2. SOCIETAL SECURITY AND RESILIENCE……………….67 2.1. Expert Assessment………………………………………67 2.2. Taking a Hybrid Governance Approach Against Hybrid Warfare: Lessons From National Cyber Security Incident Response Teams……………………………...77 2.3. Defeating Disinformation Threats……………………...84 2.4. Disaster Risk Reduction and Urban Resilience………..109 2.5. Expert Recommendations……………………………..116 3. ECONOMIC SECURITY………………………………….119 3.1. Expert Assessment……………………………………..119 3.2. Energy Security………………………………………...132 3.3. Financial Security……………………………………...139 3.4. Transportation and Infrastructure Security…………...151 3.5. Expert Recommendations……………………………..161 iv 4. CYBERSECURITY………………………………………...167 4.1. Expert Assessment……………………………………..167 4.2. Addressing Cooperation Challenges…………………..171 4.3. Expert Recommendations……………………………..182 ANNEX I – Tables……………………………………………188 ANNEX II – Key Project Dates………………………………194 Author Biographies…………………………………………..195 v Preface Dear Reader, The Baltic Security Strategy Project was launched to promote Baltic regional security and defense. To achieve this, the project aimed to promote a public discussion on Baltic security, foster synchronization of Baltic security and defense, maintain the issue of Baltic security on the agendas of Baltic allies and partners, as well as help Baltic security experts cooperate among themselves and with experts in the United States. We brought together experts, professionals and scholars to assess the current state of security cooperation between the Baltic countries and issues we are facing together. In discussing these issues, we generated a set of recommendations for policymakers and produced a kind of roadmap to our strategic partners, NATO and EU. Since February 2017, the project has held over a dozen public events on Baltic security, gathering 250 participants and 90 security experts, organizing panel discussions in Riga, Brussels, Stanford and Washington, DC, featuring a dozen Baltic and American security, involving five American interns and presenting the results to top decision and opinion makers across the Transatlantic sphere. The conclusions of this process, our findings and recommendations are included in this final report. This report addresses challenges to Defense and Deterrence, Societal Security and Resilience, Economic Security, and Cyber Security. It focuses on solutions through intra-regional Baltic cooperation that also matter to wider regional security and the broader Transatlantic relationship. vi | BALTIC SECURITY STRATEGY REPORT The organizers of the Baltic Security Strategy Project wish to express their gratitude to their key supporters: the Baltic-American Freedom Foundation, The Jamestown Foundation, the US Embassy in Riga, the Association for Advancement of Baltic Studies, the Joint Baltic American National Committee and the Latvian Political Science Association. In addition, as the project’s organizers, we wish to express our gratitude to institutions that